Travis v. Haan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Rudolph M. Haan, from a judgment, of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 14th day of May, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury for $8,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 18th day of May,*1906, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes."
1Opinion of the Court
Gaynor, J.;
The plaintiff was at work feeding a mangle. She had to spread the linen piece out upon a feed apron, which carried it along to the rollers and steam heated- cylinders of the mangle, through which it went. In someway the plaintiff’s hand got in between-the first roller and the cylinder. She was unable to tell how it happened. She did not need in the' work to put her hand against the cylinder or roller. Oh these facts the plaintiff was not entitled to recover as the-law formerly was (Hickey v. Taaffe, 105 N. Y. 26).
This machine, had a small wooden guard roller across the apron ' two…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hickey v. . TaaffeNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Knisley v. . PrattNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Green v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
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